{"id":1096,"date":"2024-12-10T18:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/?page_id=1096"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:53:38","slug":"kate-fritz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/members\/kate-fritz\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Fritz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1096\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1096-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1096-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1096-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2024\/12\/Kate-headshot-2022-e1733853627304.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap, and a light blue shirt smiles while sitting on a boat with water and sky in the background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CEO<br \/>\n<\/strong>Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay<br \/>\nAnnapolis, MD<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p>Kate Fritz serves as the CEO for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, a position she has held for the last seven years. She earned a BA in Biology from St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland, and an Executive Masters in Natural Resource Management from Virginia Tech. Her 20-year career has been focused on water resource management in the Chesapeake Bay, specifically focusing on the intersection of people and environmental restoration. Kate enjoys traveling the watershed with her fly rod, exploring some of the most beautiful places in the Chesapeake region. Currently, she serves as the President of the SMCM Alumni Council, which includes serving a term with the Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Annapolis, MD Kate Fritz serves as the CEO for the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, a position she has held for the last seven years. She earned a BA in Biology from St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland, and an Executive Masters in Natural Resource Management from Virginia Tech. Her<a class=\"tribe-events-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/members\/kate-fritz\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" > Find out more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1096","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1638,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1096\/revisions\/1638"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/board-trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}